[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50561: Links Widget display: Image alt text and link name are redundant for screen readers

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#50561: Links Widget display: Image alt text and link name are redundant for screen
readers
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 Reporter:  eatingrules              |       Owner:  sabernhardt
     Type:  defect (bug)             |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Widgets                  |     Version:
 Severity:  minor                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing  |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Changes (by sabernhardt):

 * keywords:  needs-patch => has-patch needs-testing


Comment:

 The patch [attachment:"50561.1.diff"]:
 1. Removes all title attributes, from both links and images.
 2. Removes the description from the alt text.
 3. Creates empty alt text when the "Show Link Name" setting is checked.
 4. Uses the link name as alt text when the link name is not set to
 display.
 5. Removes the "Last Updated" date because it did not update the database
 value anyway when I updated the bookmark. (If there is a way to make that
 work, the "Last Updated" date could be added in an `em` tag immediately
 after the link.)

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